Who you are

• Chartered Accountant or CPA or MBA, with advanced knowledge and experience with all phases of financial planning and management
• Good knowledge of Business Intelligence tools and experience with financial systems/applications (e.g. Hyperion and Oracle)
• Strong analytical and proven problem solving skills
• Self-motivated with a proven track record of delivering success while operating in a team environment
• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency and accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple activities of different nature in a condensed timeframe
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Broad understanding of all the different areas of finance
• Good understanding of reporting, forecasting and budgeting techniques
• Strong strategic thinking and business understanding
• Strong relationship management and networking skills

What the job involves

• This position will report into VP, Finance business partner for our experience and disputes business within Security Solutions
• Thery will support a broad spectrum of strategic processes and initiatives while managing and executing the day-to-day business reporting and planning requirements
• Support the financial close process through the analysis of P&L variances against budget, forecasts, prior year actuals, key business drivers, and initiatives
• Provides financial insights to leadership, leveraging an advanced understanding of budgeting and forecasting at detailed levels
• Refines existing revenue forecasting models, works with the product owners to develop a deeper understanding of market and product trends and incorporates the learnings into forecasting models
• In addition to bottom-up product build up, conducts top-down analyses of historical revenue and driver trends to pressure test and further improve the forecast
• Supports business verticals and regional leads in identifying, tracking and delivering on revenue generating opportunities to achieve revenue target
• Works closely with product owners to be on top of changes in product offerings and assists with providing financial inputs for product business cases
• Respond promptly to ad-hoc requests for information and analysis. Derive insights and takeaways from historical data to help business with decision making
• Assists with strategy and process improvements related to budgeting, forecasting, systems and other key areas; proactively identifies ways to improve processes and executes agreed upon improvements
• Influences and negotiates with the respective Regional/product teams who may have divergent objectives in relation to their respective business P&L. This involves challenging their assumptions to direct and shape their submissions
• Ensures that Finance is closely integrated with, and positively supports the business providing managers at all levels with the necessary information to make good business decisions; works with the management team in the development and implementation of short and medium term strategic and tactical plans and provide the financial input required to that process

Benefits

• Gym membership
• Pension plan
• Share purchase options
• Extra holiday purchase optional
• 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
• Work from home opportunities
• Health insurance